【正文】 s for families is softsanded, sheltered Golden Bay. Older children can try activities such as standup paddleboarding, sailing or windsurfing, while the gentle slope of the beach makes it easy for younger kids to safely paddle in the sea. Eating out Children are wele at most restaurants, though more upmarket places often only accept older kids. There are often kids’ menus that tend to offer pizza, but you can always ask for a half portion (一份 ) of a starter dish (portions are huge in Maltese restaurants). With a wide range of cuisines on offer, children are bound to find something they’ll like. Maltese food is strongly influenced by Italian cuisine, so there’s, pizza and pasta galore, and some kids will love the national dishfried rabbit. Acmodation Try to schedule at least a few jays on Gozo as there are lots of selfcatering farmhouses with pools to rent and it’s even easier to get around than Malta. Smaller hotels in Valletta usually only accept older children. Transport and other tips The easiest way to get around Malta and Gozo is to drive, but the local bus service is reliable, easy to use, and fairly inexpensive. Buses are frequent between major towns, tut only roughly hourly to and from smaller places. Ferries nm between Malta and Gozo, and you can take tourist boats over to Comino. 21. What can younger kids do on islands of Malta and Gozo? A. Try windsurfing. B. Experience paddling. C. Have dinner at all restaurants. D. Live in smaller hotels in Valletta. 22. What do we know about Maltese food? A. It has much to do with Italian cuisine. B. Children can always eat up a portion of dish. C. Fried rabbit is the most popular among visitors. D. Pizza is only offered to kids in Maltese restaurants. 23. What transportation may be the best choice for visitors in Malta and Gozo? A. Tourist boats. B. Ferries. C. Sailing boats. D. Motor vehicles. B I got a call that an opossum (負(fù)鼠 ) was in trouble on the Wantagh State Parkway. The initial report had e around noon on a recent Saturday via a call to the hotline of Volunteers for Wildlife, an anization where I am a board member. I got to the spot first and, no surprise, no opossum. People unaccustomed to seeing nocturnal animals (夜行動(dòng)物 ) during the day often think that the animals are in trouble. Although the callers are wellintentioned, sometimes the animal is neither in trouble nor a threat. When DiGiao, a trooper, drove up, he said the opossum had been spotted farther south and we proceeded south on the grass while steady traffic flew by in the other direction! Then I finally saw the grayish opossum sitting precariously at the top of the highway divider, obviously frightened and only a few feet from certain death on each side. The animal was frozen in place, shaking. Its dark eyes looked straight down. DiGiao turned on his car’s flashing lights, drove south a few hundred yards farther on the grassand very carefully turned into the oning traffic, which came to a stop behind him. Then he drove slowly ahead, with the cars at a crawl behind him. I grabbed my and a towel, put on my Kevlar gloves and slowly approached my frightened creature. I dropped the over him, threw a towel over that to make sure the animal stayed on my side of the highway divider, and then grabbed it. The opossum protested with a few attempts to bite my hand, but I imagined it was relieved to get off that divider. I placed it on the road to check for any injury, but as soon as I lifted the , the opossum was off like a shot toward the roadside, heading for the safety of the trees. It was a shared moment of joy. I followed the opossum as it disappeared into the woods and smiled. 24. What can we learn about the calls to the hotline? A. They usually offer no help. B. They usually cause trouble. C. They often give volunteers a surprise. D. They sometimes give false information. 25. What situation was the opossum in when the author spotted it? A. It was extremely weak. B. It was in great danger. C. It got injured in the eye. D. It was shaking with anger. 26. What does the underlined word “that” in Paragraph 5 refer to? A. The . B. The gloves. C. The opossum. D. The divider. 27. Where did the opossum run finally? A. On the grass. B. Onto the divider. C. Into the woods. D. Toward the roadside. C One night in 1966, Michael Chapman rushed into a folkmusic club in Cornwall, England to get out of the rain, and soon found himself onstage playing the guitar. “They offered me a job to play for the rest of the summer. And I’ve been playing ever since,” Chapman says. “I’ve told that story so many times, but it’s absolutely true. If it hadn’t been raining that night, I wouldn’t be talking to you.” The British guitar player has spent the 50 years since then on the road. He released some praised albums in the 1970s, but his health went downhill in the 80s and 90s. Like a lot of British artists in the 1960s, Chapman taught himself to play the guitar by listening to American jazz and blues records. Chapman actually taught photography, but quit when he was 26 to play music full time. When he was starting out, he was often pared to other British acoustic (原聲的 ) guitar heroes of the time, like John Martyn and Bert Jansch. “The fascinating thing about Michael Chapman is that he doesn’t fit in with those guys of his generation,” says Andrew Male, a music journalist